Hometown heroes: Former Huss standout shining at Winston-Salem State

Monday

GASTONIA - Former Hunter High standout Kerrion Moore has been a running-pass catching threat in two games so far this season for Winston-Salem State.

Moore, a 2014 Huss graduate, has rushed 29 times for 152 yards and three touchdowns and caught five passes for 91 yards and one touchdown in two games.

Also for the Rams, Tyron Roberts (Lincolnton 2015) has 10 tackles, including four for losses, in two games.

Winston-Salem State (1-1) is scheduled to meet Elizabeth City State on Saturday at 4 p.m. in Rocky Mount in the Down East Classic.

More college football

At East Carolina, Aaron Ramseur (Crest 2016) has 11 tackles (two for losses) in two games. The Pirates (1-1) visit Virginia Tech on Saturday at 12:20 p.m.

At Virginia Tech, Dax Hollifield (Shelby 2018) has five tackles in two games.

And at Johnson C. Smith, Quinton Coleman (Hunter Huss 2010) has four catches for 92 yards in two games and Austin Beatty (East Gaston 20116) has one tackle in two games for the Golden Bulls (0-2), who host Virginia Union on Saturday at 4 p.m.

Pro football

Chad Geter (Gardner-Webb 2017) has made 17 tackles in 11 games for Saskatchewan in the Canadian Football League. The Roughriders (7-4) host Ottawa on Saturday at 9:30 p.m.

Jonathan Bullard (Crest 2016) had made tackle in one game for Chicago Bears (0-1), who host Seattle on Monday night at 8:15 p.m.

Pro baseball

Three local products are playing in the major leagues:

Tyler White, a former Gastonia Post 23 American Legion and Gastonia Grizzlies standout, is hitting .301 with 11 home runs and 34 RBIs in 49 games for the Houston Astros.

Jeffrey Springs (South Point 2011) is 0-0 with a 1.99 ERA in 12 appearances (two starts) with the Texas Rangers.

Emilio Pagan, who played at Gardner-Webb in 2010 and 2011 and Belmont Abbey in 2012 and 2013, is 3-0 with a 4.18 ERA in 49 appearances for the Oakland Athletics.

And four local products were involved in the minor league playoffs:

Mason McCullough (Crest 2011) and the Arizona Diamondbacks' Visalia Rawhide of the Class A California League won a semifinal series three games to two over Stockton and begin a best-of-five league championship series against Rancho Cucamonga on Tuesday.

Garrett Davila (South Point 2015) and Kansas City Royals' Lexington Legends of the Class A South Atlantic League won a semifinal series two games to none over Rome and begin a best-of-five league championship series against Lakewood.

Kyle Halbohn, who played at Belmont Abbey in 2016, and Trios-Rivieres of the Can-Am League lost three games to two in a semifinal series against Sussex.

And Wes Helms (Ashbrook 1994) was a first-year bench coach for the Philadelphia Phillies' Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs of the Class AAA International League, who lost a semifinal series three games to one to Scranton-Wilkes Barre. Lehigh Valley went 84-56 in the regular season to win the franchise's first-ever North Division title.